The Encyclopedia of Interactive Performance

Players each take a playing card without looking at it and put it on their forehead so others can see it. Players then assume characters and mingle with one another as they would at a reunion. Everyone tries to determine their positional status by how others engage with them. After mingling for a while, without looking at their cards, players line up from low (Ace) to high (King). Then players look at their cards to see how well status was communicated.

Notes

• Endow others’ status using positional status behaviors.
• Don’t give literal clues. (E.g., bowing to Kings and Queens or saying, “I saw what you ATE last night.”)
• When lining up, position yourself, don't position others.